DANVILLE INTELLIGENCER VOL LXXVI. SOUS OF VET ERANS CAMPS Colonel George 8. Brown o[ the Third Regiment, Souh of Veterans Re serves, aud division organizer of that order. was in this oity yesterday ar rauging for the establishment,in Dan- Tillc, of a Camp of the Sons of Voter aus. Colonel Brown is at present locat ed in Shamokin. He was born in this olty and is well known to many of oor citizens. He was at one time em ployed in the office of the Montoor American. Later he very ably f.lled positions with Shamokin newspapers. The work that Col. Brown was en gaged iu yesterday was of merely a preliminary nature, and nothing def inite has as yet been done in the es tablishment of a Camp here; although the men with whom Col. Brown talked all seemed to be very much iu favor of the movement. Hd stated Ust evening that if his work of interesting Dan ville uiiu in the organization proceeds with the ssine degree of success in the near future as it did yesterday it is probable that- a Camp may be organiz ed iu this city iu about three weeks. The Sons of Veterans, an auxiliary to the Crand Army of tho Republic, has for it" jject the perpetuation of the dt of our fathers iu the civil war. Only sons aud grandsons of veterans are eligible. Colonel Brown met the members of Goodrich Post. No. 22, after their meetiug last even ing, and they all expressed themselves as bel thoroughly in favor of the niovem t, aud willing to lend their aiil in the work of organizing a Camp iu Danville. Au ex"ellout characteristic of the Sons of Veterans is tho military fea ture connected with the order called the Sons of Veterans Reserves. Com panies Iwve been organized iu many oft ie Camps throughout the couutry. Drilling is done under regular army rcgulatious. aud national and state en larupmeutß held annually. A company of Reserves was sworn in at Milton last night, and the state encampment Is to be held there iu June. Tho order has taken a forward move ment iu this part of the state during the past year, many new Camps hav ing been organized. There is also in creased activity iu the older camps. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. The largest appropriation ever made ! by a railroad corapauy for the estab lishment of Young Men's Christian As Booiatious along its line has just been authorized by the board of directors of a southern oompauy, which, upon the recommendation of its president, voted that s<>o,ooo be spent in tho erec tion of Association equipment at divi sion joints along the line of its road during 1905. This will provide three new buildings and extensive improve ments iu the Associations already or ganized. The excelleut influence of the Association on the uieii centering at one of the most rough and raw divi sion points on the road has led the president to recommend the ext n ion and equipment of these Associations. The Southern Railway Oompauy has recently made an appropriation of sls,- | 000 for a building and provided a cen tral and valuable site in Spencer, N. O. The Pennsylvauia Railroad, which has now 24 departments at division points, with 8,500 mombors, has given j authority to equip quarters for its em ployees at Jersey City and South Am boy, N. J., to be placed in charge of j the Association, aud will rapidly or ganize its meu. Already over 1,200 men have signed for momborship in Jersey Oity, where there are 15,000 railroad employees. Mr. William A. Patten, assistant to the president of (he Pennsylvania Railroad, has just given an organ costing $5,000 to the Pennsylvauia Railroad Department in Philadelphia. Mr. Pattou has constant ly championed the extensiou of the Association along the line of his rail road. "The Hinister's Sweethearts." The scenes of "Tho Minister's Sweet hearts," Li H. Kldon's new comedy, which will appear at tho Opera House Saturday night are laid iu a small town in Southern ludiana, aud the characters are such as one finds in such places. The principal rolo which is played by Miss Bessie Clifton, is a gawky, awkward, country girl. Souie of the other characters are the country store keeper aud his gossiping wife, the up-to date young minister who is engaged as pastor, but who is not al lowed to be installed ou account of his broad-minded views, the richest man in town aud his daughter, who is in love with the miuister.the aunt of the preacher who has a secret of her owu, the old town marshal, tho smart boy, Old Hoke, the oldest man in town,tho deputy sheriff, Lucky Jim the tramp. It is a story of country life, quaint characters, ke is, Reif snyder, Vastine, Swank, Fenster marher, Goescr, Dietrich aud Lloyd. I A hill of 002.07 due the Rumsey Electrical Company, one half of the contract price for building the muni cipal electrio light plant, wa« on mo tion of Mr. Vastine, ordered paid. A communication was read from C. M. Lewis, Superintendent of the Phil adelphia aud Pottvsille Telegraph Com pany, setting forth the agreement the I Philadelphia & Reading Railroad 1 Company desired exeouted with the 1 Borough relative to wheie poles for the municipal eleotrio light plant j should be placed, to as to stretch wires I across their lines. The agieement was 1 to be signed and executed by the pro per Borough officials here, and then returned to the Company for like ex ecution. On motion of Mr. Vastine the matter was referred to the City Solicitor. A similar communication was read from L. Rush, Chief Eugineer of the D. L. & W. Railroad. It set forth the usual form of liceuse and permit,grant ing permission to place au 8 inch terra cotta sewer pipe under the main line of the D. L. & W. tracks, between Pine aud Ferry streets, and requested that the permit be regulaly executed by Council and returned to Mr. Bush, so l:e could,in behalf of the Company, sign aud execute the agreement. On motion of Mr. Vastine, it was ordered executed. Mr. Hungerford.of Philadelphia and T. L. Pai uter, of Williamsport, repre senting the Pure Water Petrification Company, of Philadelphia, were pres ent with a view of interesting Council in their water softener. The former ex plained the merits of the apparatus,and made a proposal to Council with the view of having one established here. He agreed to deliver the machine, make the necessary connections and run it for a period of four months without any cost to the Borough. If, at the expiration of the specified time, the apparatus did not give satisfac tion,it was to be removed. The soften er, he said, removed all scale from the water before it entered the boiler, leaving it sparkling and clear. At the close of the four months if the ma oiiiue gave satisfaction and Council concluded to purchase it, Mr. Hunger ford said that he would give a surety bond guaranteeing that the softener would give satisfaction for one year. The machine can bo run at from 8 to 10 cents per dav. The purchase price is 1550, and the machine will last for 20 years. On motion of Mr. Vastine, seconded by Mr. Swauk.the gentlemen were in structed to putin the machine for four months. The sewer couuectiug ordinance came up for the third and final reading. On motion of Mr. Vastine, it was adopted by a unanimous vo*e. It only needs I the signature of the Burgess now to make it a law. Tho chair appointed the following members as a Committee on Sewer: Mesrs. Deitrioh, Reifsuyder and Fens termacher. Mr. Fenstermaoher reported that the telephone at the Washington Engine House was not in workiug order, and in cousequeuoe, $4.50 was deducted from the bill of $lB rendered by the Telephone Company. That amount, Council said, would not be paid until tho 'phone was repaired. The Chief-of-Polioe was instructed to enforce the ordinance relative to merchants occupying spaae with good displayed in front of their stores. Too much space was beiug used. On motion the matter of disposing of tickets on the oorbstone market will be in tho hands of the Street Com missioner, instead of the Chief-of-Po lice. On motion of Mr. Vastine, seconded by Mr. Roifsnyder,tlie Borough print ing was awarded to the Montour Am erican aud the Montour Democrat. The following bills were ordered paid: WATER DEPARTMENT. Regular Employes 1144.80 Pliila. & Reading R. R. C 0... . 74.90 I'hila. Goal & Iron Co 184 ftfi S. J. Welliver 12.30 Hoover Bros 18.48 Atlantio Refluiug Co 25 John W. Farnsworth, Agt 50.00 Franklin Boyer 24.79 E. W. Peters, Commission ... 5.00 H. B. Patton 20.00 BOROUGH DEPARTMENT. Regular Employes t 82.50 | E. W. Peters, Commission 75.00 United Tel. & Tel. Co (1.50 Imber and Hauilng 20.2t> ; Franklin Boyer 2.88 , S. J. Welliver 1.03 : United Tel. &T el. Co 13.50 Samuel Mills 11 00 Firemen's Relief Association. | The annual meeting of the Danville Volunteer Firemen's Relief Associa tion was held at the Friendship Engine House on Saturday evening. The fol lowing oflloers were elected for the en suing year: | President, A. C Roat; Vice Presi i dent, Thomas Grimes; Secretary, H. E. Tiuiubower; Trustee, James T. Miigill; Treasurer, S. A. MoCoy. The Treasurer's report showed a balance oa bund, January Ist, 1905, of 11004.02. TLKDGED BUT TO TBUTH, TO LIBBBTT AHB LAW—NO FAVOR BWATB US AHB NO FKAB BHAI.L AWI" DANVILLE, MONTOUR COUNTY. PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1905 TROLLEY CARS SNOW BOUND The Danville aud Blooinsburg trol ley was seriously handicapped by the storm yesterday. It was witli the ut most difficulty that the outs were kept ruuning. Few reaohed Danville, and they wore a long ways npirt. Schedule time was not thought of. Only three cars reached Mill street daring the morning—one at 8 o'clock, one at 10 aud the third at 12. The sec ond car to come in stopped just long enough to get ready to start back, but during the liort timo it stood there the suow drifted over the rails iu front of the car to such a height as to make it almost impossible to move it. The wheels revolved with great rapidity, but the current on the rails failed to respond. Consequently the car did not move. The front trolley pole was then attached to the overhead wire, and with the power thus doubled the car advanced a little. Then by frequently backing aud taking a t'resh start, the car was forced to Bloom street at the expiration of about 5 minutes. From that point as far as could be seen, the orew had no further trouble to keep iu motion. The next car to reafcli town was at 5:30 o'clock. It left Grovania at 2, aud consumed three,and one-half hours in makiug the trip. The start back was made promptly, but au hour later Grovania had not heard of it. It was supposed to have been blocked by the snow. An attempt was made to operate the sweeper during the moruing, bat it was not a success ou account of the crust on the suow. The trolley car which started from hero on its return trip to Bloomsburg, at 5:30 o'clock, was only able togo as far as the Magill farm, where it eu couutored drifts too heavy to get through. The orew, consisting of motorman John Sullivan and conduct or Harry Davis, then commenced to tight their way back to town and liual ly readied here at 8 o'clock. In places they fouud snow piled on tho rails to a depth of from 2 to 4 feet, and were under the necessity of shoveling it off tho track before they could proceed. Beforo reaching Danville they wore overtaken by the sweeper, in charge of Superintendent Arthur L. Davis and motormau William Berger, and the two cars arrived in town at the same time. Superintendent Davis decided to make no further attempt to keep the road open last night. Tho crew of the car then went to the City Hotel for the night. Today, with the aid of the sweeper and a force of shovelers, Superintend ent Davis expects to have the road open for traffio in a short time. Bloomsburff Took the Game. ID tlie game of haskot ball between the Friendship Fire Company team of Bloomsbnrg and the Dauville team, played at the Sunbury Armory last night, for the championship of Mon tour and Columbia counties, the locals were defeated by a score of 22-19. Notwithstanding the fact that riloomß burg took the lead at the start and kept it until the finish, the game was exoeptionallv fast. Danville played Hood ball and fought hard for victory. The Friendship boys played in much better form than they did in their last game in Danville. The score at the end of the first half j was lli-8. In the second half Danville i 1 reduced Bloomsburg's lead from 8 to ' 1 3 points, and it looked, for awhile, as j if the local team might win out, bnt the referee's whistle called time with | the Friendship team still in the leud. The line-up: Dauville. Friendship. Dougherty forward Williams Welliver forward Appleman Hayes Bedea.. .forward Seoliler center Gilmore Harry Bedea... guard Price j Barry guard Taylor Goals from the field—Hayes Bedea 8, Barry 1, Dougherty 1, Sechler 1, Wel liver 2, Williams 4, Price 2, Gilmore 2, Taylor 1, Appleman 1. Goals from fouls—Williams 2, Bedea 3. Referee, Teufel. Time keepers, Dietrich and Edmondson. Time of halves, 20 min utes. Death of Mrs. Wilson Ryan. Mrs. Wilson Ryan died last evening at 5:15 o'clock at her home, 930 East Market street. Sho had been ill for nine months with a complication of { diseases, and daring tho greater part | of that time was confined to her bed. Mrs. Ryan was thirty-six years of age and is snrvived by her husband, four children, Albert E., Clyde W., Elmer W. and Willard F., also her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Cook, and five brothers and a sister, Millard F. and Benjamin F. Cook of this city, Charles ; W. Cook of liaseville, SVilliim H. 1 Cook of Blooinshorg, Elmer L. Cook of Pittsburg,and Mis. Emma M. Anus, of Dauvillo. Heeling of Ladies' Auxiliary. The regular monthly meetiuß of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Y. M. O. A. 1 will be held in Association parlor,this evening, at 7:30 o'clock. Members are earnestly requested to be present. Plans for the Martha Washington sup per will be considered, and it is im portant that there be a full attendance. Cold storage eggs are being 'uuload i ed" now. Good roason. The liens will i soon be gottiug busy again and eggs will be cheap. APPROPRIATION FOR HOSPITAL Montour's representative Hon. R. S. Ammerman has presented (o the Legis lature a recommendation for State aid for the Danville Hospital, as follows: AN ACT—Making au appropriation to (lie trustees of the State Hospital for the Insaue, at Danville, Pennsyl vania. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Sen ate aud House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvnania iu Genoral Assembly met and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the sum of two hundred aud fifty-oue thousand four hundred aud fifty and 25-100 dollars,or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby specifically appro priated to the trustees of the State Hospital for the Insane, at Danville, Pennsylvania, for the two fiscal years beginning June first,one thousand niue hundred and five, for the following purposos, namely : For erecting additions and exten sions to the main building of said hos pital, in order to provide wash-rooms, bath-rooms, water-closets, etc., and the necessary fixtures thereof, the sum of thirty-six thousaud nine hun dred and forty-four dollars,or BO much thereof as may be necessary. For a filter tub aud the piping and couuections necessary theieto.the sum of two thousand six hundred Collars, oi BO rnuoli thereof as may be neces sary. For erecting and furnishing au in firmary building for the use and ac cotnmodatijn of tho sick aud helpless fouialo patients, the sum of one hun dred and thirteen thousand seven hun dred aud sixty-eight dollars,or so much thereof as may be necessary. For the purchase of a farm consist ing of ninety-two acres,lying immedi ately adjacent to the said hospital grounds,the sum of six thousand three hundred dollars. For au electrio power aud light plant, ami tlie proper increase of boil ers, stack*, and all apparatus made necessary for the same, and for the coustructiou of buildiugß to accom modate the same, the sum of ninety cue thousand eight hundred aud thirty eight and 20-100 dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. The plans aud specifications of the Raid buildings, extensions aud addi tions herein providod for, to be drawn under the supervision of the board of trustees of the said hospital, and ap proved by the State Board of Publio Charities, which plans aud specifica tions shall be of the best design for the construction of such buildings, without expensive architectural adornment, aud as nearly tire proof as possible, aud no changes to be made in said plans of construction without the consent ot the board of public charit ies. Section 2. The said trustees shall proceed to erect snch buildings, addi tions and extensions, herein provided for,and shall make report to the State Board of Publio Charities of the amount of money exponded by them and the progress made by them iu the erection of buildings, quarterly, at least, and ofteuer if required by the said board. The said trustees shall make.uuder oath by their president or treasurer, a quarterly report to the Auditor Geueral and the State Board of Publio Charities, containing a specifically itemized f.tnteinonC of tlie expenditures for electing, completing and furnishing tl.o said buildings, ad ditions aud exteu-ions, together with the cash balance on hand at the close of the quarter; aud uulesssuch itemiz ed report is made,and approved by the State Board of Publio Charities, Au ditor Goneral and State Treasurer,the State Treasurer is hereby direoted not to pay any more money to the institu tion for the purpose herein set forth, until such report is made aud approv ed as aforesaid. It is further provided that a copy of the contracts, entered into iu accord ance with the provisions of this act, shall be filed with the Auditor Gener al; and any unexpended balauce on baud at the close of the two fiscal years j shall revort to the State Treasury. i A "Parental" School Proposed. | A bill providing that a •'parental" : school shall be established in each 1 school district in the State for habitu al truauts and vagrants was introduc ed in the House on Tuesday by Mr. Mausli, of Oumherluud. The bill is a ! supplement to the present compulsory i education act and is intended to make ' that law more etlective. For eaoh pup ' il seut to the parental school (1.60 per woek must he paid for proper mainte nance of the institution—by the parent it financially able; by the State if the parent, cannot pay. All children 8 to 13 years of age who habitually remain away from school, and all between the agns of 13 and Ift who neither attend school nor work are defined as trnauts and shall be seut to the speoial school. All betweeu the ages of 8 and Hi who shall be guilty of continued infractions of the sohool rules may becxpellod from the regular schools and sent to the truant sohool, and all who habitually ruu the streets outside of school hours may be adjudg ed vagrants upon a charge being brought by the Sohool Board before the juve nile court, in the distriot.aud seut to the truant school. If the ohildren shall bo found to be feeble-minded, however, they shall be sent to the 1 schools provided for the education of i such persons, and the Stato shall pay their board at such schools. IT WAS A SHORT SESSION The School Board met Monday night. The session was a short one. It open ed at 7:45, and adjourned at 8:15. Very little business came up for con sideration. The members preeent were: Trurn bower, Adams, Putsel, Hariug, Fisch er, Werkheiser, Greene, Ortli aud Jacobs. In the absence of Preßident Harpel, Jacob Fischer occupied the chair. The Secretary repotted $3,428.02 due the School Boaid on 1903 and 1904 duplicates. Under head of new business Mr. Pur eel asked for information relative to ventilating the school rooms. He stat ed that windows wero frequently open ed during study hours, and the oold air allowed to blow in upon the pupils to the danger of their health. Seated in sncl) strong draughts jeopardized the lives of the jhildren, aud he mov ed that the Superintendent be instruct ed to notify the teachers of the sever al schools to veutilate the rooms at recess by lowering the windows. The motion was oarried. , The action of the annual convention of the Suhool Directors of Montour county, in the election of delegates to the State Oonveutiou, at Harrisbnrg, was ratified on motion of Mr. Pursel. City Superintendent Qordy was granted permission to attend the State Convention of School Directors, at Harrisbnrg, February 7 »nd 8. The following bills were ordered paid : William Miller $ 8.60 Morning News 80 Oinu & Co 8.20 Danville Stove and M'f'g Co.. M.53 E. W. Petois 100.00 Winter at the Hospital. Upon no set of people is the long winter harder than the many hundred insane who are shut up at the Hospit al here. During the summer the condition ot these unfortunate people, deprived of tlieir liberty, is much impioved by their frequent excursions out of doors. Winter even of the milder sort carrier with it some restrictions in the way of exercise, many of the weaker ones be ing kept in doors altogether and even those who are rcbnst taken out only on days that are fair. The present winter has afforded a number of very pleasant days when many of the hardiest pationts could be taken out, but weather like Tuesday and Wednesday of this weok outs off all out of door exercise. There are places in the building provided for ex ercise, but the patients miss the fresh air and the bracing effects of a oontact with nature such as iB felt by a stroll ovor the fields. The Minister's Sweethearts. "The Minister's Sweethearts," G. H. Eldon's successful comedy drama, comes to the Opera Hoaseou Saturday evening, January 23th. The play deals with life as seen in small Indiana towns and in said to be oue of strong morals and an interesting plot, en lightened by better dialogue than is usually found iu tl.e ordinary run of comedy dramas. It will bo made not able by some pretty stage pictures and will be interpreted by a ooiupauy of well known actors and actresses in their particular line of work. Miss Clifton who assumes the role .of Daisy, oue of the Minister's sweethearts, has at once jumped to the front rank of successful stars. Since its initial per formauce the play is said to have met with iavor iu all the cities visited and will doubtless duplicate whatever mea sure of success it has had elsewhere when it is seen here. Dangerous to Navigate. The State of the river yesterday was more discouraging than ever. The ele ments playei havoc with the only meaus of crossing. One naphtha launch male trips dnriug the day, but pas sengers were few indeed. However, it is doubtful if the boats could have crossed late iu the afternoon. The ice Hoe increased with great rapidity,g in ing iu size and strougth evory hour. In the words of an observer, who vis itod the river to make a personal in spection of the situation there, "You could fairly see the quantity of ice in creasing in the stream, after the cold wave struok town." During the last few hours that the boat crossed.another difficulty was encountered besides the floating ioe. The sudden change from mild to extreme cold weather, caus ed the river to fall very rapidly. Old residents say that the water is lower at the present time, than they have ever known it to be during the winter months. As a result extreme care was necessary on the part of the boatmen that, while steering round the ico to keep iu clear water, they didn't collide against a hidden rock. With the double obstacles to contend with, it took a clear head and a steady nerve to guide the lauuoh from shore to shore iu safety. That more accidents don't occur is a miracle. Should the oold wave continue for several days, the river,iu all probabil ity, will close up solid again, that opiuion being strengthened by the fact of the low stage of water. W. H. Kratnm Critically 111. W. H. Kramm, of Limestoneville, was stricken by paralysis yesterday morning aud is not expeoted to live. The thaw period comes along with steady regularity. RESPONDED TO FALSE ALARM Sunday morniug at about 9 o'clook the fire companies respouded hurriedly to au alarm. It was sent in from 616 Mill street,a building owned by Jacob Engle and occupied by several fami lies. When th-< firemen arrived on the sceue a volume of smoke was issuing from the crevices between the weatli i erboarding on tho North side of the [ house, and the rooms on the second floor were filled with it. No flames, however, were visible, and iu order to locate the blaze, if tliore was any, a number of weather bDards were toru off. Not a spark of fire was found, but the cause of the trouble was revealed. The pipe, after passing through the lath aud plaßtered oeiling above the stove, without a collar of auy kind to proteot tho woodwork from igniting, extended into the flue only a oouple of inahes. During the night something had caused the pipe aud flue to become disconnected, aud the smoke from the former beiug uuable to gain admit tance iuto the latter, filled the rooms aud made its escape by whatever means it could. As a result, the iumates thought the house was on fire. The timely discovery, doubt less, prevented a blaze. The close proximity of the top of the disoon nojted stove pipe with the surround ing wood work, would soon have igni ted tho latter and caused much greater trouble than did occur. Two lines of hose were strung,but it was not neces sary to turu on the water. The dam ages were slight. Death of Hartin Kelley. Martin Kelly,a well known resident of Washiugtonville.fell jjdead Tuesday aftcruoon about 3 o'clock while re turning from the grist mill, operated by his sons, to liis home in that bor ough. Death was caused by heart dis ease. Mr. Kelly had for several years been subject to attacks of heart trouble,bat of late had been in quite good health, so that his snddeu death came as a great shock to his family and many friends. He was oil Ilia way homo from the grist mill, and had gone only a short way wliou he tottered and fell. He was carried into the hotel and Dr. Hoffa summoned, but he was beyond human aid, death having been instan taneous. The deoeased was born April 10th, 1835 iu Liberty township, and spent the greater part of his life in Montour county. At one time he lived iu Mnncy. About sixteen years ago he purchased the farm ou the Danville-Washiugton ville road, now owned by Mrs. Jainea Frazier. He removed to Washington ville about a year ago. He is survivod by his wife aud five children, Mrs. Fiank Marks, Miss Kmma Kellv. Jesse and Brnce Kelly, Washingtouville aud Mrs. James Mow rer, of Athens. Funeral of Mrs. Myerley. The funeral of Mrs. Samuel Myerley took place yesterday afteruoon at 3 o'oiock from the homo of John Vas tine, Cedar street. The Rev. John Sherman officiated and the choir of the First Baptist church rondered several seleotions. The pall bearers wore: O. P. Hard-j er, John Hixson, W. W. Davis,George Rowe, Claude Eggleston aud C. M. Johnson. Interment was made in the Odd Fellows' cemetery. The following from a distance at tended the funeral: Benjamiu Foulk, daughter May and sons George, John aud Frank Foulk, of Millville; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Myerley aud son of Wilkesbarre; William Myerley,of Mid dletown, New York; Mr. aud Mrs. William Houser, of Altoona, and Mrs. Dauiel Marsh, of Miltou. Republican Primaries. The Republican District Committee met at the Moutour House on Satur day evening aud decided to hold the Republican primaries on Friday eveu ing, January 27, betweeu the lionrs of 7 and 8 o'clock. The eleotion will be held at the usual voting places. The Borough aud Distriot conven tion will be held at the Moutour House on Saturday evening, January 28th, at 8 o'clock at whioh time nominations will bo mado for Borough and Dis trict odiacs. Storm Interferes With Work. The Watertowu construction man has not reached Danville as yet,to put iu position the municipal electrio light ugiue aud dynamo It is thought now that he has changed his plans; that he will not come uutil the work of put ting the poles and stretohiug the wite is about oompleted. With the latter portion of the contract, the weather has greatly iuterforred the past few days. | On accouont of the storm, practical ly nothing was accomplished on Tuos- I day aud Wednesday. Little more can 1 be done until t'lo weather moderates. Recovering Rapidly. The many Danville friends of Rev. | J. D. Cook and wife will be ploased to learn of their rapid recovery from the injuries received iu a runaway ac cident near their home at Renovo re t cently. Republicans of Rush Township. The Republicans of West Rush town ship will hold their primaries at Rush town, Saturday, January 28, at 7:30 I o'olook. m RURAL CARRIERS WERE DELAYED The Rural Free Delivery carriers on tho Danville routes had a hard time of it yesterday, making their rounds through the drifta>,that filled every gully and cut in the roads. They were all later tliau nsnal in re turuiug from their tripe, and reported the roads in an almost impassable con dition. Cue carrier stated that a num ber of times he drove through drifts as high as his horse's back. The carriers on routes Nos. 6 and 7 across the riv er, Bert MoClnre and Clyde Startzel, probably experienced the greatest diffi culties. When they had gone over their routes and returned to the river, they found the naphtha launch not running aud were compelled to wait some time before they oould cross to this side. They arrived at the post office about three hours late. The carriers will, in all probability, experience greater difficulties on their trips today,aud it is even possible that some districts may not be served with mail. Shipwreck In Sight of Land. Harvey Dietriah, proprietor of the Susquehanna House, South Danville, and four men employed on the new bridge found themselves in a very un pleasant situation for a short time Monday morning, and to get out of it, they were compelled to shout loud ly for assistance. They statrted to cross to Danville in a row boat. The river was filled with ice at the time, and when the boatmon were in mid-stream they becamo sur rounded by a heavy floe. lu his efforts to reaoh olearer water the boatman broke one of his oars,and the boat was carried down stream. Fortunately, it drifted into the eddy at the third pier, alongside of which the steersman man aged to effect a landing. It happened that there were no witnesses to the soene and in consequence, tiie ship wrecked sailors had considerable diffi culty iu attracting the attention of any body to the situation they were in. Their shoots faileffto bring assistance. Finally one of tho men took off his coat and waved it in the air as a signal of distress. That, together with re newed lusty cries from four strong throats resulted in attracting the at tention of the men in charge of one of the launohes. They hastened to the rescue,and soon had the disabled boat and its occupants landed safely on this side of the river. Honorable Discharges, Colonel Clement,of tiie Twelfth regi ment,N. G. P. .announces the appoint ment of William H. Martin an sergeant in Company Q, and Robert B. McCay as hospital steward. The following honorable discharges have been issued : Company A, Lewisborg—Sergeant Haldy M. Christ, Corporal Jessa A. Cook, Privates Forest F. Gallagher and Charles G. Menkins. Company C, Milton—Sergeant Zeno V. Lyon, Privates John A. Hu6selinau and John M. Hummel. Company F, Danville—Sergeants Frank S. Ebling and Roland Moyer, Corporals Leon Moyer,Peroy 0. Shade, William N. Russell and Abram Chi Ids. Company G, Williamport—Sergeant Alviu W. Hammer and Private Leßoy Krederioy. Company I, Williamspoit—Privates Frank E. Travis and George C. Kok ert. Company K.Snnbury—Sergeant John A. Snyder aud Corporal William W. Snyder. Hospital corps—Privates Edward A. McCall, William J. Treas and Ralph O. Bachma. The following discharges have been issned: Compauy B, Williamsport—Sergeant Lewis C. Robb, Privates Robert O. Hower, and Ralph A. Smith. Company 0, Milton—Artificer Will iam M. Morrison, Privates John 0. Roat and William R. Levan. Company E.Sunburv—Privates Rob ert C. Reed aud John D. Polen. Company F, Danville-Private Sam uel A. Gaugler. Band—Private J. E. Millhouse. Surprise Party. Mrs. Albinus Snider was tendered a surpriso party at her home In Valley township on Saturday last, iu honor of her birthday anniversary. Those pres ent were: Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hen dricks, Mr. aud Mrs. Frank Fenster maoher, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Beyer, Mrs. J. H. Sholtz, Mrs. D. W. Wise, Mrs. Jonathan Fry, Mrs. Simnn Mos er, Mrs. William Murray and son Har vey, Mrs. B. 0. Gearhart, and son Robert Scott, Mr». William Cope, Mrs. Jesse Conway, and son Leroy.Mrs. W. S. Herr, Mrs. Alfred Bogart, Mis. F. B. Appleman, Mrs. Levi Beyer, Mrs. James Robinson, Mrs. T. H. Bennett, Mrs. J. A. Merrell aud Mrs. William Kuorr aud daughter of Bloomsburg; Misses Ethel Fornwalt, Alice Apple man, Eva Beyer, Laura Fenstoimaoh er, Ada Ande, Martha Shuitz, Mary Shultz, Clara Cope, Peuina Robinson, Mary Beyer ;Messrs. Bruce Maus, Mur ray Maus, Ralph Knorr, Walter Sny der, Harvey Bennett, John Snyder, Curry Snyder,Raymond Beyer,Charles Herr and Dennis Snyder. Coleman—Herr. On December 31 at the parsonage of the Reformed ohurch. Strawberry Ridge, by the Rev. J. W. Bell, Mr. Edward B. Coleman aud Miss Jennie M. Herr, both of Montonr oouuty. NO. 10 ! GOOD SHOWING AT Ml H. C. A. Persons who are interested in tiie work of the Y. M. 0. A. in Danville, as well as those who are oonversant with the world-wide influence of this agency for good among boys and yonng men, will be glad to learn that the As sociation in oar midst is having one of the best reason's work in its history. This is true in every department, as the following record for the past week will show : The total number of visits to the building, for all purposes, during the past seven days, was one thonsand nine hundred and fifty-seven. There were 32 persons in the Bible class for the stndy of the Sunday school lesson,on Monday evening. On Tuesday the building was nted morning and afternoon, by the Sohool Directors of Moutour County. In the evening, from 7 to 8 'he Thomas Beav er Boys' Bible Class held its regular monthly reception, with a total attend ance of 250,0f which number 150 were members of the class. From 8 to 9 o'clock, the Directors held their reg laur monthly meeting. Wednesday evening a concert was given by the Ithaca Male Quartette, with an attendance of 390 persons. The regular weekly meeting of the Boys' Bible Class was held on Friday evening, with an attendance of 150. In the various classes in the gym nasium there was an attendance for the week of 156. aud over 250 baths taken. The Sunday morning Bible class had an attendance of eleven men, and at the Sunday afternoon mixed meeting there were 286 persons present. This record of the week, together with hundreds of incidents in and about the Association building, proves the value of the work, and persons who are contributing to its support will learn with pleasure that there is "something doing," and that Danville will keep up its end of the work, and thus prove, without a doubt, that it is one of the most active evangelistic en terprises in existence today, working three hundred and sixty five days in the year for the glory of God,the good of the olmroli, and the winning of young men to Ohrist. As long as our citizens will reoog nize its value, and remember that the Y. M. U. A. is a part of the ohurch, and a part of a mighty organization that has gained favor lu every quarter of the world, and will help to keep the Association up to the standard in Danville, the work will go right on in the right direction and prove itself the one agency in our midst where all men can meet and make the best of their opportnnites from a social, physioal, intellectual and spiritual standpoint. Worst Storm of the Season. The storm which broke over this sec tion of the country Tuesday morning, continued uninterruptedly until near ly noon on Wednesday, then increased to tenfold fury. In a short time the worst blizzard of the season was rag ing. As the wind gathered strength, meroury dropped several degrees. The oold penetrated through the clothes of the heaviest olad person, and the tre mendous gale cut like a knife. ; The snow was carried in blinding sheets along the streets. At times one could not possibly see a dozen yards ahead,aud again people would be com pelled to turn their backs to the storm until the worst had passed. Some por tions of the thoroughfares were swept bare of snow, and others piled high with the light, fleeoy substance. „ Goods displayed in front of bnsinesa places received the full force of the blast. Light articles were scattered along sidewalks; heavier ones oovered with snow. Drifting snow filled the beatened traoks along the streets, and made traveling hard. This was bad enough In town, bnt ont in the rural districts, where the wind had a clear sweep for miles aud nothing to break Its force, the fury of the blizzard was much worse. The laues aud narrows became badly drift ed and iu places impassable. Passenger trains on the railroads passing through this city, notwith standing the fury of the gale,managed to arrive on fairly good time, being only from 15 to 20miuutes late. If the blizzard continues, though, the train men expect to meet with worse ob structions today than they did yester day, in tho way of drifts. Funeral of Mrs. Fallon. The funoral of Mm. William Fallon took place yesterday morning at 9 o'clock from St. Joseph's Catholic church. Interment was made in St. Joseph's cemetery. The pall bearers were: James Mo- Oormick, Lawrence Connelly. James Eiunegan, Thomas Qill, James Martin and William McDonald. The following persons from a dis tance attended the funeral: Mrs. Jos eph Stank and son Joseph, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mahan, Mr. and Mrs. John Wilt and Edward Stank of Shamokin ; Mri. Thomas Murray aud Charles Bris i lin of Warrior Rnn; Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Brislin of Ashley, P. J. Moore of Carbondale and John Fallon of Ber wick. Funeral of riartln Kelly. The funeral of Martin Kelly, whose sudden death occurred Tuesday after noon will be held on Friday morn ing. Services at 11 o'clock, at the Washingtonville M. E. church. The Rev. 0. W. Bryuer will officiate. In terment in the oharoh cemetery.